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A new cruise ship wharf for St George’s was announced by Transport Minister Walter Roban at a noon press conference today. The new facility would be designed for the mega cruise ships which dominate today’s cruise industry.
Mr Roban said: “Governmen...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Rebecca Zuill
Arbitration to settle a docks dispute will begin right away, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Patrice Minors said last night.
Proposed layoffs at Stevedoring Services Ltd (SSL) had led Minister Minors to intervene, and late last week she refer...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Budget
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Rebecca Zuill
Economic growth will result from moving outside many people’s comfort zones and will include orbital slots and the ‘Blue Economy’, as well as attracting international investment from countries like Bhutan to our shores, Premier Paula Cox told an audi...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Politics
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Rebecca Zuill
The price tag for building a hotel room, or a ‘key’, in Bermuda is $1 million — and that compares to $400,000 in other destination countries.
Those people who attended a town hall meeting at Francis Patton Primary School, spotlighting the four Hamil...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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Rebecca Zuill
A Government Minister has pushed through a construction project bid that was 28 percent more than a Civil Service-recommended bid — and after the Minister herself had presented that lower and fully vetted bid to Cabinet, recommending it for approval....
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Rebecca Zuill
The Premier stepped up the anti-OBA rhetoric in her speech at the Progressive Labour Party rally at the TN Tatem Middle School last night.
The One Bermuda Alliance is a political party that has gone behind people’s backs to deceive them and to get po...
DATE: Dec 12, 2012
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Politics
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Rebecca Zuill
Officials in Bermuda have told Norwegian Cruise Line that the Heritage Wharf will be ready in time for their new Breakaway cruise ship, which is scheduled to dock there for the first time on May 15.
And in a Progressive Labour Party press conference ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Rebecca Zuill
One Bermuda Alliance candidate Andrew Simons says he and the Opposition party are frustrated by the lack of answers surrounding the absence of the Accountant General in the run-up tot he General Election.
Accountant General Joyce Hayward was placed ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2012
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Politics
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Rebecca Zuill
Stakeholders in the cruise industry are concerned that essential modifications to the Dockyard wharf will not be completed in time for the new Breakaway class cruise ship that is scheduled to arrive for its first call on May 15.
Sources who are famil...
DATE: Dec 08, 2012
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Rebecca Zuill
Get out and vote that was the recurring theme at a Progressive Labour Party rally last night.
Described in a promotional email sent by Deputy Leader Derrick Burgess as “our BIG rally,” there was plenty of food, free PLP T-shirts and other memorabilia...
DATE: Dec 07, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill